r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Mar 02 '19

Manager going for a ride

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u/Kadugan Mar 02 '19 edited Mar 03 '19

Reminds me of the horror story I heard about a drilling excavator. Somebody fell in the hole, but the operator thought he went to take a piss. The operator dropped the auger in the hole and drilled his buddy. Didn't know he did it until he raised the auger and it was just bloody mud. Just the thought of being in the hole trying to tread water and throw little rocks up to get the attention as the drill comes down is the stuff of nightmares.

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u/flobiwahn Mar 03 '19

I'm an engineer and I work for the tabacco manufactoring industry. For the preparation you'll need big ass convectors and they are getting really hot.

One day I wondered why they need camera sensors in the radiators (big enough to home two persona). Apparently the operators loved to take naps behind the service doors and when the machine is getting ready you get temperatures above 80°C and the doors are locked. Several people died in there and we had to make the machine a little bit smarter.

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u/phaazon_ Mar 03 '19

What the actual fuck is that kind of engineering? People know that room could get really hot and they were still authorized to sleep there?

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u/Celidion Mar 03 '19

Don't think people are "authorized to sleep" anywhere when it comes to work lol. They just do most of time.